MSA announced that net sales for the second quarter of 2012 were $295 million, up slightly when compared to the second quarter of 2011, and a record for the quarter.
Excluding the effect of weakening currencies, sales increased $16 million, or 6 percent. Net income for the second quarter 2012 was a record $28 million, or 76 cents per basic share, an increase of $8 million, or 43 percent, compared with $20 million, or 53 cents per basic share, for the same period last year.